Are you against the rel="nofollow" attribute? Join the NoNoFollow group and add one of these images to your blog:

Did you know that Wikipedia already implemented the rel="nofollow" attribute on all their external links? What do you think about it? Maybe spammers will stop inserting spam links on Wikipedia pages...

weblog.cemper.com has some good thoughts about this initiative, defined by the NONOFOLLOW-group:

12 Reasons against nofollow:

1. nofollow does not prevent comment spam
2. nofollow is semantically incorrect
3. nofollow harms the connections between web sites
4. nofollow is not useful for humans, just for search engines using PageRank or similar a technique
5. nofollow could be used to shut web sites out
6. nofollow discriminates legitimate users as spammers
7. nofollow heists commentators' earned attention
8. nofollow will not stop comment spam
9. nofollow could be used to further discriminate weblogs
10. nofollow prevents the Web from being a web
11. nofollow eliminates the dissemination of free speech
12. nofollow was developed in privacy with only search engines companies taking part in the discussion

PR Weaver supports the No-NoFollow group :-)

There's a new rumor about Google... another one! Google might be testing a new mechanism allowing to fight comment spam, by ignoring links that contain a rel="nofollow" attribute.

Here is a standard link:

blog

Here is a link that may be ignored by Google's algorithm:

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What do you think about it? Is this a good solution? Do you think bloggers should help Google to fight spam or should Google fight spam by itself?

Read more:

• http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2005/01/17/relNoFollow
• http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050117-205100

Google Dance Alert!

A new Google Dance started on the 1st of January 2005. First modifications had occured on www-kr.google.com Google Data center

It seems that PageRank in the Google toolbar is now updating every 3 month. Last 2 Google update were made in September and June 2004.

Try these related Google Dance tools:

• Check your ranking (or your competitors ranking) on all Google data centers
• Check your backlinks on all Google data centers
• Analyze your backlinks (or your competitors backlinks)

Related PR Weaver articles:

• What does a white bar (PageRank 0) mean on Google toolbar?